Cloth-roll-stand attachment for looms



WIT/V5885 V I INVENTO/i :5 A 2;. SM 1TH) r p Elm A. B. SMITH; CLOTH ROLL STAND ATTACHMENTFOB LOOMS.

APPLI'CAUON FILEDAUG. I- 1921.

1,436,542, Patented Nov. 21, 1922.

A TTORNEYS Patented Nov. 21, I922,

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CLOTH-ROLL-STAND ATTACHMENT FOR LOOM'S.

Application filed August 1, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR B. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Augusta, in the county of Richmond and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ()loth-RolL Stand Attachments for Looms, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a cloth roll stand attachment for looms.

In the removal of a roll of cloth from a loom it is usually customary to lay the roll upon the floor to later be taken up and car: ried away by the cloth haulers. In this manner the cloth may become soiled with dirt and oil which usually accumulates about a loom. With this in View it is the object 01" the present invention to provide a stand or holder by which a roll of cloth may be temporarily supported after being removed from the loom and await the haulers and thereby eliminating the possibility of the cloth becoming soiled or otherwise damaged.

Other objects will hereinafter appear.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings by way of example, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view.v illustrating the application of the present invention,

Figure 2 is a side elevation of one of the holders comprising the stand.

Referring to the drawings more particularly, 10 indicates the end framemembers of a loom, a portion thereof only being shown and 11 indicates a base truss which usually extends along the front side of a loom between the end frame members and beneath and slightly forward to the spindle upon which the cloth is wound.

In carrying out the present invention a pair of holders generally indicated by the reference numeral 12 are provided. Each holder consists in a casting comprising an inverted triangular portion 13, the base 14 of which is extended as at 15, and said extended portion of the base 14 being semi-circular in shape as indicated at M. The extension 15 terminates in a leg 16 which is formed with a base plate 17, and said base plate being provided with a hole 17 through Serial No. 489,094.

which a bolt may be extended for securing the same to the truss member 11 of the loom. Also the curved portion lei and the legs 16 have each of their outer edges formed with a flange as at 18 in order to provide "for the curved portion 14 a broad supporting surface and also toreinforce the leg 16. The apex of the triangular portion 13 is extended as at 19 in order to properly support the rear end of the holder with relation to the frame of the loom.

In the use of the present invention a pair of holders 12 are secured to the truss mem ber 11 of the loom frame as shown in Figure l, and when a roll of cloth has been completed the same is lifted from the loom and deposited on the holders 12 as shown, the roll being indicated by the reference numeral 20. I As is seen the curved surface it of each holder 12 is complemental to the roll of cloth 20; and also it will be observed that the holders 12 support the roll 20 in such a manner that its removal therefrom may be easily accomplished by the haulers when gathering the rolls of cloth from the diiierent looms.

I claim:

1. A cloth holder for looms, comprising in combination, a pair of castings, each having a semi-circular body portion terminating at each end in a leg, one of said legs being shorter than the other and adapted to be secured to the frame of a loom.

2. A cloth holder for looms, comprising a pair of castings, each casting having an inner semi-circular body portion izerminating at each end in a leg, one of said legs being shorter than the other and formed With a foot adapted to be secured to the frame of a loom.

3. A cloth holder for looms, comprising a pair of castings, each casting having an innersemi-circular body portion terminating at each end in-a leg, one oi said legs be ing shorter than the other and formed with a foot adapted to be secured to the fl'lll'le of a loom, and a brace extending between the longer leg and the body portion of said castings.

ARTHUR BRADLEY SMITH. 

